{"id":10623,"date":"2015-12-28T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T21:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/?page_id=10623"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:52:22","slug":"mdot-box-device-startup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/dot-box-and-evb-software\/mdot-box-device-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"Device Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The device requires a gateway and must first join it to execute functions. In order to<\/p>\n<p>join, the gateway and the device must match configurations (network type, network name, network<br \/>\npass phrase, frequency band [not configurable, either 915 or 868 mHz], and \u00a0frequency<br \/>\nsub band).<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/dot-box-software\/configuration-mode\/\">Configuration Mode<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>page for details on changing the device settings:<\/p>\n<p>To start up the device:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Power on the device using the switch on the left side.\n<ul>\n<li>If you are powering up the device for the first time (if not, skip this), you must select<br \/>\nyour region based on your channel plan. Browse using the\u00a0<strong>SW2<\/strong> button (Scroll)\u00a0and<br \/>\nselect your region pressing the <strong>SW1<\/strong> button (Select) from the Select Region list<br \/>\nincluding:\u00a0<strong>KR920, IN865, US915, AU915, EU868, AS923<\/strong>, or\u00a0<strong>AS923-JAPAN<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The screen displays the MultiTech logo and product\u00a0name. The\u00a0<b>LED1<\/b>\u00a0(EVB: <strong>Top)<br \/>\n<\/strong>flashes green then turns red.<\/li>\n<li>The software performs a GPS detect and lock (this may take a few<br \/>\nminutes). If no GPS is detected, the blue <strong>LED2<\/strong> (EVB: <strong>Bottom<\/strong>)\u00a0 remains off. If a<br \/>\nGPS unit is detected, <strong>LED2<\/strong> flashes until GPS locks and then<strong> LED2<\/strong> stays on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The screen displays the product name and <b>Select Mode<\/b> with the<br \/>\nfollowing menu options:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dot-box-evb-main-menu-0418.png\" width=\"147\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>View Data:<\/b>\u00a0Browse the data of previous surveys or sweeps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Select Region: <\/strong>Select the appropriate region based on your<br \/>\nchannel plan\/frequency. Your region was already selected at startup.<br \/>\nBut you need to change the region, if you wish to operate the device<br \/>\noutside\u00a0the\u00a0originally selected area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Survey Single:<\/strong> A single link check transaction with the gateway.<br \/>\nThe device sends\u00a0a request message to the gateway and the<br \/>\ngateway returns a response.<\/li>\n<li><b>Survey Sweep:<\/b> A series of <strong>Survey Single<\/strong> operations<br \/>\nacross a range of data rate and TX power combinations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Survey GPS:<\/strong> Survey GPS mode provides temperature and GPS<br \/>\nlocation data (if available) on screen in real time and also sends<br \/>\nthis data to the gateway based on a selected interval.<\/li>\n<li><b>LoRa demo:<\/b> LoRa Demo Mode demonstrates typical device<br \/>\nusage. Sensor data is gathered and updated in real time. The<br \/>\ndevice sends the sensor data to the gateway periodically or<br \/>\non a button press, depending on the mode selected. See<b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/products\/multiconnect-dot-series\/multiconnect-mdot-box-and-evb\/internal-sensors-mdot-box\/\">Internal Sensors<\/a><\/b> for details.<\/li>\n<li><b>Configuration:<\/b> Modify the device settings using AT<br \/>\ncommands. See <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/dot-box-software\/configuration-mode\">Configuration Mode<\/a><\/strong> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To scroll through the menu options, push the <b>SW2<\/b> (EVB: <strong>Left<\/strong>) button (labeled<\/li>\n<li><b>Scroll<\/b>) to move the selection arrow <strong>=&gt;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To select a menu option, push the <b>SW1<\/b> (EVB: <strong>Right<\/strong>) button (labeled <strong>Select<\/strong>) when the<br \/>\nselection arrow is on your desired option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The device requires a gateway and must first join it to execute functions. In order to join, the gateway and the device must match configurations (network type, network name, network pass phrase, frequency band [not configurable, either 915 or 868 mHz], and \u00a0frequency sub band). Visit the Configuration Mode\u00a0page for details on changing the device [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1478,"featured_media":0,"parent":10894,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10623"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10721,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10623\/revisions\/10721"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}